No. 3--97--0375
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                                  IN THE

                        APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS

                              SECOND DISTRICT
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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF           )  Appeal from the Circuit Court
ILLINOIS,                            )  of Du Page County.
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          Respondent-Appellee,       )  No. 91--CF--604
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v.                                   )
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RONALD F. TONALDI,                   )  Honorable
                                     )  Ronald B. Mehling,
          Petitioner-Appellant.      )  Judge, Presiding.
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     JUSTICE DOYLE delivered the opinion of the court:
     In August 1992, petitioner, Ronald Tonaldi, was convicted of
possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver (Ill.
Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 56